Tararà Enza De Francisci 08/07/2024This is a one man show. The Sicilian play “Tararà ,” adapted by director Mario Gaziano, is a masterful amalgamation of...
Paul Curran in conversation with Enza De Francisci Enza De Francisci 07/06/2024Paul Curran: A Journey from Glasgow to Global Stage Director Paul Curran (born 1964) is a renowned director hailing from...
Tristan und Isolde Alessandro Zummo 21/05/2024The new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” at Teatro Massimo di Palermo has generated significant anticipation. This is the...
Reviewer's Rating The Passion of Christ (Passione di Cristo) Enza De Francisci 04/04/2024Sacri rappresentazioni della passione di Cristo or Sacred representations of the Passion of Christ For someone who has researched Sicilian...
80 Madama Butterfly Alessandro Zummo 23/02/2024★ ★ ★ ★ In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s death in 1924, the Teatro Massimo di Palermo...
Reviewer's rating Aureliano in Palmira Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023The public realised that 21-year-old Rossini was something special in 1813 after the success of Signor Bruschino and Italiana in...
Reviewer's rating Eduardo E Cristina Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023Rossini had under a month to compose Eduardo.  Eduardo was a ‘centone’(patchwork) opera, as 19/26 numbers were ‘borrowed’ from earlier...
Reviewer's rating Adelaide of Burgundy Adelaide di Borgogna Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023Rossini’s 23rd opera, composed under frantic time restraints, for the Carnival season in 1817, followed several 1817 triumphs – Cenerentola,...
The Journey to Reims Il viaggio a Reims Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2023Il Viaggio a Reims, Rossini’s last Italian opera (writing in French thereafter), composed for 14 solo voices, premiered in 1825,...
Reviewer's rating L’infanzia di Orlando Orlando’s childhood Enza De Francisci 08/06/2023The myth of Orlando (Roland) has captured the imagination from as far back as the Middle Ages. The plays centres...
